KAXF unable to broadcast TWHS game

From staff reports

Published 7:00 pm, Saturday, August 30, 2003

We had a major catastrophe," said KAXF play-by-play announcer Nick Wolda. "The station had a power surge on Friday afternoon and they were not able to get the signal up in time to transmit the game over the air."

Wolda and color analyst Rob Eisler did call the game from the Alamodome in San Antonio and their broadcast was streamed over the internet at KAXF.org.

"The phones were lighting up at the station during the entire broadcast and the station directed listeners to the internet," said Wolda. "We know we had a ton of calls coming in. It's an unfortunate situation. There was a great crowd here and we know there's a tremendous following and a lot of interest in The Woodlands football and all C.I.S.D. football."

The station, which has upgraded its signal to 100,000 watts, will broadcast 15 other C.I.S.D. football games this fall. Their next broadcast will be this Friday when Oak Ridge hosts Channelview at Buddy Moorhead Stadium starting at 7:30 p.m.

Wolda said that Saturday's difficulties was a very rare occasion and the station has been able to broadcast every game it was schedule to during his four years in the booth.

"This happens very rarely," he said. "This is the first time since I've been broadcasting in the last four years. Unfortunately, that's the way it goes. The tower is in Conroe and they brought engineers in and worked on it through the night but were unable to restore the signal in time for the broadcast."

The next broadcast for The Woodlands High School will be on Thursday, Sept. 18 when the Highlanders take on the Humble Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. at Buddy Moorhead Stadium.